 | Book 12 Chapter 147
|
| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
|
| 1 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca taṃ muniṃ janamejayaḥ
garhyaṃ bhavān garhayati nindyaṃ nindati mā bhavān
|
| 2 | dhikkāryaṃ mā dhikkurute tasmāt tvāhaṃ prasādaye
sarvaṃ hīdaṃ svakṛtaṃ me jvalāmy agnāv ivāhitaḥ
|
| 3 | svakarmāṇy abhisaṃdhāya nābhinandati me manaḥ
prāptaṃ nūnaṃ mayā ghoraṃ bhayaṃ vaivasvatād api
|
| 4 | tat tu śalyam anirhṛtya kathaṃ śakṣyāmi jīvitum
sarvamanyūn vinīya tvam abhi mā vada śaunaka
|
| 5 | mahānasaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ bhaviṣyāmy arthavān punaḥ
astu śeṣaṃ kulasyāsya mā parābhūd idaṃ kulam
|
| 6 | na hi no brahmaśaptānāṃ śeṣo bhavitum arhati
śrutīr alabhamānānāṃ saṃvidaṃ vedaniścayāt
|
| 7 | nirvidyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ bhūyo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam
bhūyaś caivābhinaṅkṣanti nirdharmā nirjapā iva
|
| 8 | arvāk ca pratitiṣṭhanti pulindaśabarā iva
na hy ayajñā amuṃ lokaṃ prāpnuvanti kathaṃ cana
|
| 9 | avijñāyaiva me prajñāṃ bālasyeva supaṇḍitaḥ
brahman piteva putrebhyaḥ prati māṃ vāñcha śaunaka
|
| 10 | śaunaka uvāca
|
| 10 | kim āścaryaṃ yataḥ prājño bahu kuryād dhi sāṃpratam
iti vai paṇḍito bhūtvā bhūtānāṃ nopatapyati
|
| 11 | prajñāprāsādam āruhya aśocyaḥ śocate janān
jagatīsthān ivādristhaḥ prajñayā pratipaśyati
|
| 12 | na copalabhate tatra na ca kāryāṇi paśyati
nirviṇṇātmā parokṣo vā dhikkṛtaḥ sarvasādhuṣu
|
| 13 | viditvobhayato vīryaṃ māhātmyaṃ veda āgame
kuruṣveha mahāśāntiṃ brahmā śaraṇam astu te
|
| 14 | tad vai pāratrikaṃ cāru brāhmaṇānām akupyatām
atha cet tapyase pāpair dharmaṃ ced anupaśyasi
|
| 15 | janamejaya uvāca
|
| 15 | anutapye ca pāpena na cādharmaṃ carāmy aham
bubhūṣuṃ bhajamānaṃ ca prativāñchāmi śaunaka
|
| 16 | śaunaka uvāca
|
| 16 | chittvā stambhaṃ ca mānaṃ ca prītim icchāmi te nṛpa
sarvabhūtahite tiṣṭha dharmaṃ caiva pratismara
|
| 17 | na bhayān na ca kārpaṇyān na lobhāt tvām upāhvaye
tāṃ me devā giraṃ satyāṃ śṛṇvantu brāhmaṇaiḥ saha
|
| 18 | so 'haṃ na kena cic cārthī tvāṃ ca dharmam upāhvaye
krośatāṃ sarvabhūtānām aho dhig iti kurvatām
|
| 19 | vakṣyanti mām adharmajñā vakṣyanty asuhṛdo janāḥ
vācas tāḥ suhṛdaḥ śrutvā saṃjvariṣyanti me bhṛśam
|
| 20 | ke cid eva mahāprājñāḥ parijñāsyanti kāryatām
jānīhi me kṛtaṃ tāta brāhmaṇān prati bhārata
|
| 21 | yathā te matkṛte kṣemaṃ labheraṃs tat tathā kuru
pratijānīhi cādrohaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ narādhipa
|
| 22 | janamejaya uvāca
|
| 22 | naiva vācā na manasā na punar jātu karmaṇā
drogdhāsmi brāhmaṇān vipra caraṇāv eva te spṛśe
|